Hmmm, went out last night... picked up a neat bracelet, stamped 926 Italy (not 925?)... is that gold, silver? Looks like a nice piece, shines nicely etc... has 4 hearts with different colored stones every inch and a half...

The 926 stands for Yellow 22k Gold. This is significantly different then 925 which means silver. When you see 926 on another colored ring it means that the ring was plated over with another metal. This number indicate the grade of gold on the scale of 1 to 1000. In most cases gold is alloyed with other metals, so the higher the number the higher the grade.

Originally Posted by lkro629View post
Here is what I found. Hope it helps.

The 926 stands for Yellow 22k Gold. This is significantly different then 925 which means silver. When you see 926 on another colored ring it means that the ring was plated over with another metal. This number indicate the grade of gold on the scale of 1 to 1000. In most cases gold is alloyed with other metals, so the higher the number the higher the grade.

Thanks for that information Ikro629. Can you post a link to that info? I would love to read more about it as I too have found some items that were marked .926. Thanks......... Gold Nuggets